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/ 13 October 2007

More bodies found in flood-hit Haiti

At least 45 people have died in the poverty-stricken island of Haiti as homes were swept away in floods triggered by heavy rain, the Interior Ministry said Friday. Interior Minister Paul Antoine Bien-Aime said 23 bodies had been found on Thursday in Cabaret, just north of the capital, and 12 were missing.

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/ 12 October 2007

Heavy rains bring death to Haiti

At least 23 people have died near Haiti’s capital following heavy rains that triggered floods, Interior Minister Paul Antoine Bien-Aime said on Friday. Bien-Aime said 23 bodies were found on Thursday in Cabaret, north of the capital, after flood waters hit their hillside homes, sweeping them away in the current.